The Dictionary of Remote Sensing

that edited in chief by Profes’sor Chen Shupeng

was published by Science Press in August 1990. The dictionary consists of three parts: Fundamantals

Techniques and Applications. There are 1060 pages

24 pages of colour pictures

5600 entries and many tables

diagrams and pictures in the dictionary

and an index in five languages is attached. Two hundred scholars were responsible in some way for the dictionary.Editing and publishing processes are recorded in this paper

successful experience in the processes are summarized

too. This paper gives vivid describtions of what the purpose of the dictionary is

how those entries were chosen and meaning defined

and ideas of unification of technical terms. It makes the dictionary much better and more comprehensive in the viewpoint of science systems to adopt new methods of entry arrangement and entry coding

and new techniques of plat making and printing.This paper emphasizes that the dictionary is a result of inflexible dedication of colleages in the fields of remote sensing and a fruit in cooperation with experts both in China and abroad.